New York State Attorney General Letitia James used social media on Thursday to remind eligible New York delivery workers that the deadline to receive a share of her office’s settlement with DoorDash is imminent. Earlier this year, James’s office secured $16.75 million from the online food ordering and food delivery corporation DoorDash “for cheating delivery workers out of their hard-earned pay.”
[According to the February press release announcing the settlement, DoorDash “used customer tips to offset the base pay it had already guaranteed to workers, instead of giving workers the full tips they rightfully earned” between May 2017 and September 2019, potentially impacting more than 60,000 New York delivery workers (Dashers). James’s office summarized the practice: “DoorDash would guarantee pay to a delivery worker, and then only actually pay them whatever the tip did not cover.”]
As seen in the video below, James is reminding all eligible DoorDash delivery workers to file a claim now to get their money back before the deadline on December 31, 2025. (Eligible recipients will be notified of claim approvals in April 2026.)
My office secured nearly $17 million from @DoorDash for cheating delivery workers out of their hard-earned pay.
I’m reminding all eligible DoorDash delivery workers to file a claim now to get their money back before the deadline on December 31, 2025.https://t.co/2oa7u3tlZS pic.twitter.com/bxoGSTP19T
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) December 4, 2025
James and incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani (whom James endorsed and campaigned with) have both advocated for delivery workers and are well acquainted with DoorDash.
The company endorsed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race and donated $1 million to Cuomo’s SuperPAC, Fix the City, which Mamdani said was “a clear effort to influence labor and street safety regulations.”
In addition to multiple Trump-backing billionaires, the single largest donor to Cuomo’s SuperPAC is @DoorDash — a clear effort to influence labor and street safety regulations.
Will they stand by this Islamophobia? https://t.co/YEAHupGNR2
— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) June 12, 2025